Hame-tug.



'PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

A T. SMITH.

HAME TUG.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1905.

was ."sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED J. SMITH, OF MAUOH CHUNK, PENNSYLVANIA.

' HAM E-TUGj.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 29, 1905. Serial No. 267,644.

Patented. J'une 1 9,1906.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. SMITH, a citizen of the'United States,residing at Mauch Chunk, in the county of Carbon and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inI-Iame-Tugs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hame-tugs, and has for its object to provide atug which can be made on a sewing-machine by a mechanic possessing lessskill than is necessary to make the present forms of tugs.

It is a further object of my invention to produce a tug having one endof the glip extending therethrough to a point adjacent to the buckle,thereby preventing the breaking of the. tug, which is so common inthetugs now in use, Where the glip extends but part way through.

'With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanyiiig drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may bemade within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal cross-section of my improvedtug. Fig. 2 is a top view of a modification.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicatecorresponding arts throughout both views, 1 and 2 are the eather strapswhich form the body portion of the tug. These straps are stitchedtogether at their outer edges and are provided with two parallel rows ofstitching, running longitudinally thereof, sufliciently distant fromeach other to form a pocket for the long member 3 of glip 4. The bodyportion is provided withanopening 5 in the end opposite the glip. Abuckle 6 is secured to the .end of a strap 7, which is sewed on the faceof the body portion,- the buckle being located in .front of opening 5.Passing through holes in straps 1, 2, and 7 and the long member 3 ofglip 4 are tworivets 8 and 9, which-also pass through the ends of aleather piece 10, to which loops 11 are secured, the function of theseloops being to retain the end of the trace when it is buckled to theglip. This loop portion being completed before it is se-. cured to thetug enables the tug to be made on a machine, which is not possible withtugs as constructed at present. a

In Fig. 2 a modification is shown differing from the form illustrated inFig. 1 in that the box-loop 11" is secured to the glip by a metal plate11 which extends through the loop and is held in position by rivets 9passing through holes in its ends.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as novel, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hame-tug comprising a glip, said glip having an elongated bodyportion, an eye formed at one end of said glip and a short arm extendingfrom said eye; a pair of leather.

ends being secured to each other and having a trace-receiving openingformed there- -through, a buckle-carrying strap which is stitched to oneof the leather covering members and extends substantially to the frontend of the tug, the short arm of the glip being adapted to clamp thefront end of the strap upon the covering member to which said strap isstitched, fastening devices which pass through both of the coveringmembers, the glip and the buckle-carrying strap, and a buckle carried bysaid strap and overlying the opening formed through the coverin members.

2. AIiame-tug comprising a glip, said glip having an elongated bodyportion, an eye formed at one end of said glip and a short arm extendingfrom said eye a pair of leather covering members one of which lies uponeach side of the elongated portion of the glip, the rear end of each ofsaid covering members extending beyond the glip, said ends being securedto each other and having a trace-receiving opening formed therethrough,a buckle-carrying strap which is stitched to one of the leather coveringmembers and extends substantially to the front end of the tug, the shortarm of the glip being adapted to clamp the front end of the strap uponthe covering member to which said strap is stitched, fasbers and theglip by fastening-rivets or the tening devices which pass through bothof like. the covering members, the glip and the buc- In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature kle-carrying strap, a buckle carried bysaid in presence of two witnesses. 5 strap and overlying the openingformed ALFRED J SMITH.

through the covering members, a box-loop Witnesses:

JAooB O. LOOSE,

and a metal plate which passes through said box-loop and is secured tothe covering menr- ESTELLE HATRIOK.

